Top 10 in the UK: Complete University Guide 2024

This week, we confirmed our place among the UK’s most highly regarded departments, which included our School for Business and Society.

In total, two of our School for Business and Society subject areas were ranked in the UK Top 10 in The Complete University Guide 2024:

• Social Work (3rd in the UK)
• Social Policy (9th in the UK)

We further ranked in the UK Top 20 for Business and Management Studies (16th in the UK).

Published annually, The Complete University Guide league tables rank the best universities in the UK, overall and within 74 subject areas. Overall, universities and subjects are ranked on entry standards, student satisfaction, research quality, graduate prospects, completion rates, student-staff ratio and spend on academic services and facilities.

The rankings are based on public domain data collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), the National Student Survey and the Research Excellence Framework 2021.

Dean of the School for Business and Society, Professor Bob Doherty said, "It's fantastic to see all the School for Business and Society subject groups at York making significant jumps in league table positions. This demonstrates the dedication and creativity of all our staff and it is wonderful that this is recognised!"

Head of Social Work, Professor Martin Webber said, "It is great to see Social Work rise to third in the UK in this league table. This is a huge reward for the excellent teaching and research conducted by the social work group and the efforts of all our students!"

Head of Social Policy, Dr Antonios Roumpakis said, "Our position reflects all the excellent work we do and our commitment to keep improving on the learning experience we offer our students and the quality of our research environment and outputs."

York’s overall position

Out of 130 UK universities, the University of York ranked joint 17th overall in The Complete University Guide 2024.

In total, thirteen subjects at the University of York were ranked in the UK top 10; Archaeology (8th), Biological Sciences (8th), Chemistry (7th), Drama, Dance and Cinematics (joint 1st) English (7th), French (4th), History (9th), History of Art, Architecture and Design (6th), Iberian Languages - Spanish (4th), Linguistics (8th), Nursing (8th), Social Policy (9th) and Social Work (3rd).